Corn-binder attachment.



G. A. HEISZ. CORN BINDER ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, 1914.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

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CORN BINDER ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, 1914.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

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CORN-BINDER ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

Application filed May 29, 1914. Serial No. 841,844.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. Hnrsz, a citizen of the United States, residing at Selden, in the county of Sheridan and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Imrovements in Corn-Binder Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

The primary purpose of this invention is to insure a positive feed of the grain when harvesting the same so that it may be gathered into a bundle for proper binding.

In its specific adaptation the invention is intended for a corn binder of the McCormick type which embodies a pan over which the grain travels from the harvesting mechanism to the binding mechanism.

The present invention provides a drag chain which is arranged at one side of the pan to insure a positive movement of the grain and as a result the machine is enabled to handle short grain without clogging The invention provides a mechanism in the nature of an attachment to be readily applied to the pan of a binder and more particularly to a binder of the McCormick pe. The invention consists of the novel features, details of construction and combination of parts, which hereinafter will be more particularly set forth, illustrated and claimed.

In the drawings hereto attached :Figure 1 is a top plan View of an attachment embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a view of the attachment inverted. Fig. 3 is a front view. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 00-00 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description, and indicated in all the views of the drawings, by the same reference characters.

The numeral 1 designates a pan such as commonly provided for a corn binder of the McCormick variety. The grain is moved over such pan. In accordance with this invention a drag chain 2 is located at one side of the pan and consists of a sprocket chain provided at intervals with projections or drags which move over the pan 1 and engage with the butts of the grain and positively advance the same with the result that the machine is enabled to successfully handle short grain without becoming clogged. A sprocket wheel 3 is located at the rear end of the pan 1 and a sprocket wheel 4 is located at the front of such pan. The drag chain 2 is supported by the sprocket wheels 3 and 4 around which it passes. One of the sprocket wheels is positively driven to impart an endless movement to the drag chain 2 whereby the drags or projections are caused to move over the pan 1 from the receiving to the delivery end thereof. The sprocket wheel 3 is adjustable to admit of taking up wear and preventing any material slack in the drag chain. A. guide 5 supports the outer run of the drag chain and is connected with the pan 1. The sprocket wheel 4 is formed with or connected to a bevel gear 6 which is located beneath the pan. The bevel gear 6 meshes with a bevel gear 7 which is formed with or connected to a sprocket wheel 8. A sprocket chain 9 connects the sprocket wheel 8 with a sprocket wheel 10 on a shaft 11 and said shaft has a sprocket wheel 12 attached thereto which is connected by means of a sprocket chain 13 with a sprocket wheel 14 on a counter shaft 15. The several shafts are mounted in suitable bearings. A guard 16 is located at the rear end of the pan and projects over and beyond the rear portion of the drag chain and serves to strip or disengage the grain therefrom and prevent the same from being carried around the sprocket wheel 3.

In the operation of the invention the drag chain 2 has an endless movement imparted thereto, the run or member operating in the pan 1 traveling from front to rear so as to positively move the butts of the grain over the pan with the result that such pan is prevented from choking or becoming clogged when the binder is harvesting short grain.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and

that such changes may be made when desired as are Within the scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is In combination With a pan of a binder, a feed mechanism therefor comprising brackets secured to and projecting beyond one side, of said pan, said brackets being secured at the extreme ends of said pan, sprocket wvheels journaled in said brackets, means journaled in one of said brackets for rotating said sprocket Wheels, and a drag chain fastened over said sprocket Wheels, said drag chain having a portion thereof sliding on 15 the bottom of said pan, and an opposite portion free of said pan.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

GEORGE A. HEISZ.

Witnesses:

AARON B. PERSON, GEORGE W. SLOAN.

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Washington, ,1). G. 

